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Gérald Caussé
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April 2020
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Saturday Afternoon Session
The personal nature of Christ’s Atonement becomes even more real as we consider the examples of remarkable men and women in the Book of Mormon.
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Paul B. Pieper
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October 2018
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Saturday Afternoon Session
The sacrament is a weekly reminder that taking upon us the name of Jesus Christ is a living and continuing commitment, not a single event that happens once only on the day of our baptism.
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David A. Bednar
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April 2026
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Saturday Morning Session
The Savior’s restored gospel invites us to be spiritually transformed—not merely to improve our behavior.
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D. Todd Christofferson
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April 2026
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Sunday Afternoon Session
When we consider the character of the Savior, we tend to focus immediately on His attributes, such as virtue, integrity, humility, compassion, and courage, but we should also consider, What is it in Jesus that gives rise to such character traits?
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B. Corey Cuvelier
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October 2025
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Those who take upon themselves the name of Christ become His disciples and witnesses.
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Amy A. Wright
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April 2025
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Saturday Evening Session
King Benjamin’s people experienced a mighty change of heart and by covenant dedicated their lives to doing God’s will.
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John A. McCune
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April 2025
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Sunday Morning Session
now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become
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D. Todd Christofferson
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April 2024
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God.” It is this mighty change of heart—yielding our hearts to God and being spiritually reborn through the grace of the Savior—that we seek.
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D. Todd Christofferson
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April 2023
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Sunday Morning Session
Where God prevails in all hearts and minds, the people are described as “in one, the children of Christ.”
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Ronald A. Rasband
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October 2022
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Saturday Morning Session
My dear brothers and sisters, in the Book of Mormon the phrase “this day” is used repeatedly to call attention to counsel, promises, and teachings.
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Russell M. Nelson
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October 2022
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Sunday Morning Session
Now, overcoming the world certainly does not mean becoming perfect in this life, nor does it mean that your problems will magically evaporate—because they won’t.
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Neil L. Andersen
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April 2022
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Saturday Morning Session
As we do our part, His promise is that we will be called the “children of God.” Every person on earth is the “offspring” of God, but to be called the “children of God” means much, much more.
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Eduardo Gavarret
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April 2022
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Saturday Morning Session
Just as the ring was recovered from that shipwreck, when we give our hearts to God, we are rescued from the raging seas of this life, and in the process we are refined and purified through the Atonement of Christ and become “children of Christ,” being spiritually “born of Him.” Of this I testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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Adeyinka A. Ojediran
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April 2022
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Sunday Afternoon Session
King Benjamin taught that because of the covenants we make, we become sons and daughters of Christ, who has spiritually begotten us, and under His head are we made free, for “there is no other name given whereby salvation cometh” (see Mosiah 5:7–8).
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Ulisses Soares
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April 2022
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“Ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and
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John A. McCune
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April 2020
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Saturday Afternoon Session
This invitation to “come unto Christ” has specific implications for Latter-day Saints.
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Lisa L. Harkness
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October 2019
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Women’s Session
who we are was enlarged. “Because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, for behold, he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him.”
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D. Todd Christofferson
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April 2008
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Sunday Morning Session
added). The king responded, “Because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name”
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David A. Bednar
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April 2007
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Saturday Morning Session
“Because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become
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Paul E. Koelliker
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October 2005
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“And it shall come to pass that whosoever doeth this shall be found at the right hand of God” (Mosiah 5:7–9).
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James E. Faust
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October 2003
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Saturday Morning Session
I believe that every person’s individual testimony of Jesus as the Christ comes as a spiritual gift.
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Dallin H. Oaks
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April 1998
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Sunday Morning Session
Latter-day Saints affirm that those who have been born again in this way are spiritually begotten sons and daughters of Jesus Christ (see Mosiah 5:7; 15:9–13; 27:25).
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Lynn A. Mickelsen
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October 1995
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” Prepare your children to take upon themselves the name of Christ through the covenant of baptism.
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Aileen H. Clyde
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April 1995
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Saturday Afternoon Session
now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become
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Bonnie D. Parkin
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April 1995
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Sunday Afternoon Session
What are the rewards of covenant keeping?
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Aileen H. Clyde
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October 1992
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General Women’s Meeting
“And under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free.
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H. Burke Peterson
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April 1990
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“And under this head ye are made free.
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William Grant Bangerter
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April 1987
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Saturday Morning Session
now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become
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Ezra Taft Benson
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October 1985
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Saturday Morning Session
Those who had been born of God after hearing King Benjamin’s address had a mighty change in their hearts.
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Dallin H. Oaks
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April 1985
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Sunday Afternoon Session
As a second obvious meaning, we take upon us our Savior’s name when we become members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Barbara W. Winder
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October 1984
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General Women’s Meeting
That their names would be numbered with the “children of Christ” (Mosiah 5:7), meaning membership in his church.
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Robert E. Wells
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October 1982
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Sunday Afternoon Session
now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become
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